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"Armed officers were dispatched to Knypersley Road at around 3.10pm yesterday. For safety reasons the road was closed while officers made an assessment. A property was searched and a machete was recovered."

Police had initially said there was a link between the Norton stand-off and a man being stabbed in the head outside Steelite, in Middleport, yesterday afternoon. But that link has today been discounted by police and separate inquiries are underway.

Anyone with any information about the stand-off should call the police on 101, quoting incident number 444 of July 30, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.

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